Overall Green alert Flood for Cameroon
in Cameroon

Flood impact summary

Flood Cameroon is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID: 1100911
Deaths: 5
Displaced: -
Region: Garoua
Countries: Cameroon
From - To 16 Jun - 17 Jun
Known identifiers for this event:

GDACS Score

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Impact Assessement as of 17-06-2021

SENDAI Indicator A N Country Location Info
death 5 Cameroon Garoua
SENDAI Indicator C N Country Location Info
houses damaged - Cameroon Garoua
SENDAI Indicator D N Country Location Info
roads - Cameroon Garoua

Satellite Observation

Satellite-based Flood extent provided by GLOFAS
Overall of the satellite-based flooded area from / to : 2021-06-09 / 2021-06-24  

Wednesday 09/06Thursday 10/06Friday 11/06Saturday 12/06Sunday 13/06Monday 14/06Tuesday 15/06Wednesday 16/06Thursday 17/06Friday 18/06Saturday 19/06Sunday 20/06Monday 21/06Tuesday 22/06Wednesday 23/06Thursday 24/06

Timeline of revisions

For accessing reports of previous advisories, please click on the advisory number in the table below.

IDAlert ColorPopulation affectedStart DateEnd DateSource
1 5 deaths 16 Jun 2021 17 Jun 2021 GLOFAS

Flood polygons

This polygon (translucent blue with a blue border) is drawn by the analysts recording the flood event. It is meant to include all the areas reported as affected, by official source or the media. It does not represent the area actually under water.

Microwave flood detection

Flooded area, as detected in microwaves by the Global Flood Detection System of the JRC, based on NASA TRMM/GPM observations. This system has a rather low resolution (of 5-10km) but is not affected by clouds.
For more details, see http://www.unisdr.org/files/9622_LBNA23303ENC002.pdf.
The areas with a flood signal along the coast are an artefact of the system and should not be considered.

Optical Flood detection

Flooded area as detected in optical wavelengths by NASA/MODIS, known as "MODIS Flood Product". Data are made available by NASA GSFC Flood Mapping Project, http://oas.gsfc.nasa.gov/floodmap/index.html. Resolution of 250m, heavily affected by cloud cover.